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ROTARIAN WINE APPRECIATION FELLOWSHIP
ROTARYDOWNUNDER.ORG | 15 |
What
is our
profile?
We hear that Rotary
is full of older people,
but do you know the
profile of your club
or district?
While we know
that our membership
across our region
has decreased over
the past decade by
over 15 per cent in
Australia and 18 per cent in New Zealand,
what we don’t have is an accurate profile
of our membership make-up.
We do know that across the ANZO
region, females represent over 23 per
cent of total membership, compared to
20 per cent worldwide.
A key area we are less able to profile
is the age brackets of our membership.
As date of birth or year of birth is not a
mandatory field for completion, it is, in
the main, not entered.
We would love your help to update
this information across our zones by
adding this onto My Rotary.
To assist, we can arrange a listing
of your members, identifying those
who have already been entered or not
recorded. Once you collect the details, we
will arrange the entry of this information
–
just email the listing with the dates of
birth back to us.
If you would like to extend this further,
you can also record the classification of
your members and we will have this
entered as well.
So, what is the value of this data once
it is significantly populated?
Our office can provide district, state
or national profiles. To complement this,
the reporting can provide rural, regional
and metropolitan breakdowns. We all
have a view on what the age profile of
our organisation is – who is right? Time
will tell and we invite you to help out by
updating this information either on My
Rotary directly or by emailing our club
and district support team at risppo@
rotary.org to request your club listing. 
Jenny
Coburn
Manager, Club
& District
Support (CDS)
Good food, good
wine and good
fellowship
On Saturday, July 11, a group of Rotarians and guests got together to enjoy an
evening at Shaw Vineyard Estate, tasting some quality local wines and enjoying
dinner overlooking the vines in Murrumbateman, near Canberra, ACT.
The event was the second official gathering of the District 9710 Chapter
of the Rotarian Wine Appreciation Fellowship, following a very successful
inaugural wine dinner in November last year.
Just under 40 people enjoyed a guided wine tasting of Shaw Vineyard Estate
wines on arrival, followed by dinner with Shaw wines at Flints Restaurant
within the vineyard, where Jai Dawson and the staff of Flints went out of their
way to make sure the night was a memorable one.
In addition to enjoying good food, good wine and good fellowship, the
evening also included an auction of fine wines donated by Graeme and Ann
Shaw. At the end of the night, the Chapter was able to make a donation of
$1800 to The Rotary Foundation towards the eradication of polio.
About Fellowships
Rotary Fellowships are independent groups of Rotarians, their partners and
Rotaractors who share a common passion. Being part of a fellowship is a fun
way to make friends from around the world. The enjoyment of good wine
is an obvious way to also enjoy fellowship, but common passions in sport,
adventure, professions, hobbies and many other activities have enabled over
60 Fellowships to flourish within Rotary. Email rotaryfellowships@rotary.org
for more information.
The RWAF has over 3500 members from 60 countries. It is not difficult
to form a local chapter. District 9710 had a dozen members following the
RI Convention in Sydney in 2014, however, in 12 months this has risen to
over 30. To learn more about the RWAF visit www.rotarywine.net or contact
the Australian RWAF coordinator Murray Paterson at murray.paterson@
keystosuccess.com.au. 
RWAF members settling
in for the evening.